Less trash,more cash.

The pile in your storeroom is not rubbish. It is copper, brass, PET and board, and every kilo has a price on the open market. Most of it currently leaves the house for free.

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Scrap generated across India

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  • Stainless steel

    Surat

    ₹1,230

    20 kg

  • Lead battery

    Ludhiana

    ₹8,043

    115.4 kg

  • Iron and mild steel

    Lucknow

    ₹4,059

    165 kg

  • Cardboard

    Nagpur

    ₹116

    14.1 kg

  • Cardboard

    Bhopal

    ₹1,715

    209.1 kg

Value lost to dumping, today

₹24,10,83,320

Illustrative figures, modelled on typical scrap volumes.

Current buying rates: Copper ₹560 per kg, Brass ₹380 per kg, Aluminium ₹150 per kg, Lead battery ₹85 per kg, Stainless steel ₹75 per kg, E-waste (mixed) ₹45 per kg, Iron and mild steel ₹30 per kg, PET bottles ₹22 per kg, Hard plastic ₹18 per kg, Newspaper ₹14 per kg, Cardboard ₹10 per kg

What is it worth?

Pick what you have and roughly how much of it. We will tell you what a recycler pays, and what the same pile earns if it goes to a dump.

What are you clearing out?

Wiring, motor windings · indicative rate ₹560/kg

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1 kg500 kg
How is it kept?

Letssalvage pays you

For 25 kg of copper, collected from your door.

If it goes to a dump
Money you would lose
Material back in use
CO₂e kept out of the air
Recovered by us96%
Recovered by a dump18%
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Estimate only. Final rate is confirmed on the weighing scale at collection.

We buy all of it

If it can be recovered, it has a price. Nothing is too small for a household pickup, and nothing is too large for a scheduled load.

₹30–560/kg

Metal

Copper, brass, aluminium and iron. The highest value in any household pile.

₹18–22/kg

Plastic

PET bottles, crates, drums and casings, baled and sent to reprocessors.

₹10–14/kg

Paper and board

Raddi, cartons and packing board, baled for paper mills.

Quoted per load

Bulk loads

Offices, factories and housing societies. Scheduled collection, invoiced.

This is what it becomes

Everything we collect is sorted, crushed and baled. A mill buys the bale, not the bin bag — which is exactly why your scrap has a price.

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Baled material

We pay
₹560/kg
Recovered from the bale
96%
Typically
Wiring, motor windings
Price your own pile

Four steps, no haggling

The rate is published before anyone knocks on your door. What you see on this page is what you are paid.

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1

You book

Tell us what you have and where. Takes a minute, no minimum quantity.

2

We weigh

Our collector arrives with a calibrated scale. You watch the number.

3

You are paid

Cash or UPI on the spot, at the rate published on this page.

4

It gets recycled

Sorted, baled and sent to licensed reprocessors. Never to a dump.

Today’s board

Every scrap dealer has a board on the wall. Here is ours, in the open, so you know the number before anyone puts your load on a scale.

Rates in ₹ per kilogram

Metal

  • Copper

    Wiring, motor windings

    ₹0

  • Brass

    Taps, fittings, locks

    ₹0

  • Aluminium

    Utensils, frames, cans

    ₹0

  • Lead battery

    Vehicle and inverter cells

    ₹0

  • Stainless steel

    Sinks, cookware, sheet

    ₹0

  • Iron and mild steel

    Grills, rods, machinery

    ₹0

Electronic

  • E-waste (mixed)

    Boards, drives, handsets

    ₹0

Plastic

  • PET bottles

    Clear drinking bottles

    ₹0

  • Hard plastic

    Crates, drums, casings

    ₹0

Paper and board

  • Newspaper

    Raddi, magazines, books

    ₹0

  • Cardboard

    Cartons, packing board

    ₹0

Scrap rates move with global commodity prices, so the board changes week to week. Quantities above 100 kg are quoted separately.

Not sure what something counts as?

Look it up in the Waste A to Z

79 items, from copper wire to tube lights. 62 of them we buy outright at the published rate — for the rest we tell you honestly where they should go instead.

Open the A–Z
  • Metals
  • Electronics
  • Plastics
  • Paper and board
  • Hazardous
  • General waste

Good habits pay twice

Recycling fails in India for a simple reason: doing it properly takes effort, and nobody is paid for that effort. We change the arithmetic.

320kg
20 kg1,600 kg
Salvage points
1,280
Worth about
₹128

Your tier: Sapling

680 kg to Canopy

  • ✓Sprout₹1 back per 10 points0+ kg
  • ✓Sapling5% rate bonus on metals250+ kg
  • 3Canopy10% rate bonus, priority pickup1000+ kg
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Sort as you go

Keep metal, plastic and paper in separate sacks. Sorted scrap is worth up to 35% more than the same pile jumbled together.

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Weigh it in front of you

Our collector brings a calibrated scale. You see the weight, the rate and the total before any money changes hands.

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Earn salvage points

Each kilo adds points to your account. Points come back as cash on your next pickup, so the habit pays twice.

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Book a free pickup

Tell us roughly what you have and where. We come to you, weigh it in front of you, and pay on the spot. No minimum quantity for households.

  • ✓No charge for collection
  • ✓Paid in cash or UPI, same visit
  • ✓Published rates, no haggling

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